Tales. They barely come true but yesterday they looked like they could become reality. Nasdaq advancing. 42 . Yet today the market embraced the quarterly reports from cocacola, mcdonalds and yum as legitimate turn arounds. Two others are being reevaluated on the fly and could be considered works in progress despite what some might view as dismal disappointing numbers. Emphasis on some because many believe theres a pulse in both where they would have been down substantially. All five are tales of hope that could lead to big gains if theres real follow through. Lets start with the concept of the turn around and why theyre so difficult and so monumental if they work. The pay off could be huge and failure rates extraordinary as very few are able to pull them off. Wall street is littered with sales turn arounds, resurrections that didnt occur. I cant count the Companies Falling by the wayside. Mainframe companies driven out of bisby mini computers. Personal computers obliterated by handsets